Issue #282 / May 2024

Sometimes the data points in the news come in pairs, or at least they converge into pairs when you stop to think about them. I noticed a story this month on the many layoffs in the tech industry.

Kubuntu 23.10 and Clonezilla live-3.1.2-9

In the news: Zorin OS 17.1 Released, Includes Improved Windows App Support, Linux Market Share Surpasses 4% for the First Time, Plasma 6 from KDE Officially Available, Latest Version of Tails Unleashed, KDE Announces New Slimbook V with Plenty of Power, Monthly Sponsorship Includes Early Access to elementary OS 8, and DebConf24 to Be Held in South Korea.

Chronicler Zack Brown reports on the latest news, views, dilemmas, and developments within the Linux kernel community.

D-Bus provides a convenient alternative to using traditional Unix inter-process communications such as pipes and sockets.

Open source database management systems offer greater flexibility and lower costs while avoiding vendor lock-in. Finding the right one depends on your project's needs.

Sometimes the only way to break into an SSH server is through brute force – and yes, there are tools for that.

Pivot tables let you sort, rearrange, group, and perform calculations on your spreadsheet data. We help you get started with this powerful tool.

The revived Tiger provides a comprehensive set of security audit and intrusion detection tools.

The PaLMShell.bash script lets you connect to the Google Pathways API Large Language Model (PaLM) from the command line.